Defendant Forces Rare ‘Real’ – Not Zoom – Prelim Hearing to be Held in Sacramento Court
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – It’s rare, but a defendant in Sacramento County…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 66 – Matt Toporowski Runs for Albany DA
Matt Toporowski is running for DA in Albany, NY. A current defense attorney and former prosecutor, he…
Guest Commentary: RJI Recommendations for Countries Responding to Covid-19 in Prisons & Jails
by Lisa Rea On March 27th, RJI issued a press statement on covid-19 urging justice systems globally…
California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal Strikes Down on Misinterpretation of $0 Bail Schedule
By Linh Nguyen Confusion over the interpretation of Emergency Rule 4, which establishes a statewide Emergency Bail…
Man Accepts Plea on Stalking Charge, Must Complete 24 NA Meetings
By Stefanie Young SACRAMENTO, CA – On May 1, 2020, the defendant, Javier Cobian Davalos, accepted a…
Live Court Hearings Create Communication Issues in Sacramento Court
By Julietta Bisharyan SACRAMENTO- With the switch to virtual courtrooms in response to COVID-19, the Sacramento County…
Guest Commentary: Independent Fiscal Analysis Shows Great Promise for Davis in Aggie Research Campus
By Dan Ramos As one of the partners behind the Aggie Research Campus (ARC), I’ve been…
Sunday Commentary: Should Shaun Moore Have Been Released?
by David Greenwald It was a bizarre case to begin with. Shaun Moore, 40, made headlines…
Face Coverings: It’s The Law
by Don Shor We had a guy come in yesterday, walk right past the signs that say…
Sunday Commentary: Pressure Mounts to Reopen the Economy
There were protests on Friday where large numbers of people pressed for the government to allow the…
Louisiana’s Data on Coronavirus Infections among Prisoners Is Troubled and Lacks Transparency
The state is sending virus-positive people to Angola prison—but those numbers aren’t reported on the Department of…
Council to Start Looking at Renewing Measure J
When the City of Davis passed Measure J, now 20 years ago, in 2000, it became one…
My View: Dan Wolk’s Appointment to Judge Further Skews Yolo’s Bench
Even before this week, Yolo County’s bench seemed out of step with the rest of the state. …
My View: Protests Rage, but Rushing Openings Is Recipe for Disaster
Media coverage out of Sacramento and Orange Counties showed large crowds, many of them outside without masks…
COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts Could Put U.S. on Track to Meet Paris Climate Accord Goals
By Kat Kerli originally published by UC Davis News Americans drove drastically less, saved millions of…
Restorative Justice International Podcast with Vincent Schiraldi of the Columbia Justice Lab
Vincent Schiraldi is a Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia School of Social Work and co-Director of…
Are These Stay-at-Home Orders Constitutional? Experts Say Yes for the Most Part
There have been lawsuits filed and there have been a lot of complaints, mainly from the right,…
Analysis: First Look at the MRIC-ARC Fiscal Comparison
In 2015, with the fiscal analysis of the then-Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC), we were surprised to…
Judge Won’t Lower Bail for Sick Inmate Who Talked about Poor Jail Conditions
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO – A Sacramento County Jail inmate who went public…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 65 – St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner
Kim Gardner was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016. Since then she has been taking…
